Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-27
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4 Critical Analysis Of what II ID Bound In
Bring About


From the September Atlantic.
Al the beginning OF his career an author
especially II he be poet and chances to pos.
eese o particularly sensitive set of nerves
almost certain to exaggerate the import.
ance and influence Of I'd verse criticism Later
worse things than "slashing notices"H
namely, /" slashiDR" praisea Bv the eIsr-
else OF . little observation he will see that the
! later can make even Q man OF merit ridio.
uioes' ana tnat the former, II unjust, can
make nobody ridiculous ave the reviewer
himself Malignant criticiem has never vet
succseded in killing even the sliRbtest p,sco
Of genuine creative work. How frsousntiv
II has killed the critic
II has been said that NO author-that In, no
author OF sbility-csn be written down ex.
cept by himself This 10 truo with = nua,if.
cation. He can be written down and out Of
sight temporarily at least II his enemies
osvo sse nerve o. ana tue dsboic adroitnsss
an office OF such subtle cruelty that no one
but . TREND ever thinks of undertskins n.
An, dear critic, II you wish 70 deliver sag.
gering blow to some young author who has
literature, praise him extravagantly fof the
qualities which he doesn't posseAs Pick out
his faults and call them feiicitiea. II he N =
verss, s,msker, compare him with Tsnnyson
an. ana y hrowning' ,nnig to the obviou. dissdv.n
y novelist, lot 1t brosdly b intimsted that
besides him Scott and Thsck erey md Seorss
Eliot were but innocent children In the an
o. on ncsion. TIM way bring down your man.
Unmeriled sdulation hes two baleful Of
fects One u 70 render the victim sasisoed
With htmsslf,-and self satisfscttOu IN the
S ossth & OF talent and the Paraiys Q OF gsnius-
IN. % ,ud,,spsOcs 1s %s1s. ~ - 70 dIaw down ON him
readers VINO were previously ready to acceH
mis- work st IT. honest value Nov, Brovn
has neat touch In the lyrical way Jones has
printed Two or three pisssant prose skstohss
write an interesting nOvel-if he lives LONG
enough. You fesl kindly towards thsst
young gentlemso their spurs are vet 10 bs
Won, and, 20 Tar ~ you are concerned, YOU
you rsa0 IN the columns OF The Daiiv m.
c0Uerer that Milton might have been prond
70 write Browne last toilet III Wss chaimine
mtue Toilet you could n't have told is frO,s.
SSs my o. Doo.onsl. OF that sHswthorns'sm mantle /
0us 0oS, hurting him any }, OF that Robinson's new
oovs! v superiOr 70 Ihacksray's Henrv -.
sisns sisSnSsc'mSnsn' ,s' .sy, you light on thosc dsz-
have SpssS Of fi1sCH siosssc you ~. are opt u y,u
oily ior Brown, Joass ond RobtSson. Th"v
nave been put In IN ahsurd sssituda' II ,Scyy
Inn ~ - : Ss e ;,s a;sH:sele isllovs you sappo:s
sSsir ssis rssn nS ~ ~ sos@ ysaEs 10 recover
swaliowsd sli this trsools, hey src ~ ..y
u any case they hsvs Feosive1 saes s ~
henk u general estt0ssioa . % Smoust Il
sSsss1s snose coaid nave psocurea Tor tho0. /
!ossy eight hours; bus this dismal penssysic
2 Ming thee ~ s0s 70 - lived dOWS-So
p ohliaesaaeds Y possiblA ~ hiShag q ieve-
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